nonretroactivity

English

Etymology

From non- +‎ retroactivity.

Noun

nonretroactivity (uncountable)

1. The quality (especially of a law) of not being retroactive.
   • 2008 February 21, Linda Greenhouse, “Justices Rule on Retroactivity of Decisions”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     The question for the court in this case was whether state courts, in considering postconviction appeals from criminal defendants, are bound by the same rule of nonretroactivity.